Down-Regulation of amygdala activation with Real-Time fmri neurofeedback in a healthy female sample

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Paret, Christian ^a   Kluetsch, Rosemarie ^a   Ruf, Matthias ^a   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Hoesterey, Steffen ^a   Ende, Gabriele ^a   Schmahl, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Affective symptoms; Amygdala; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Instrumental learning; MPFC; Real Time fMRI neurofeedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84907296520     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00299     Document Type: Article

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